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After the Sunset (2004)

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Reviews Counted:135

Fresh:25

Rotten:110

Average Rating:4.4/10

Consensus: A slick but bland thriller.

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: The high-stakes action comedy After The Sunset begins where most great heist movies end – with a pair of master thieves escaping to a tropical paradise to enjoy the spoils of their labor. But when... The high-stakes action comedy After The Sunset begins where most great heist movies end – with a pair of master thieves escaping to a tropical paradise to enjoy the spoils of their labor. But when an FBI agent, who has pursued them for seven years, becomes convinced that they are actually plotting to pull off a million-dollar theft from a nearby "diamond cruise," a riveting game of cat and mouse begins. Max "The King of Alibis" Burdett (Pierce Brosnan) and his beautiful accomplice Lola (Salma Hayek) have come to Paradise Island in the Bahamas, fresh off their final big score in which they lifted the second of the three famous Napoleon diamonds. With their financial future set, the couple is ready to relax and enjoy their hard-earned riches. But Stan (Woody Harrelson), the FBI agent who has spent years in dogged but failed pursuit of Max, refuses to believe that his nemesis is actually calling it quits. He thinks that Max and Lola are actually plotting to steal the third Napoleon diamond – one of the three largest non-flawed diamonds in the world – which is coincidentally scheduled to arrive on Paradise Island as part of a touring cruise ship exhibition. Since he has no jurisdiction in the Caribbean country, Stan teams with a local cop (Naomie Harris) and sets out to catch the sly Max and Lola in the act, while at the same time a local gangster (Don Cheadle) has his own plans for the diamond. When the longtime adversaries meet up in paradise, Max quickly turns the tables and befriends the frustrated detective, showing him that Paradise Island has no shortage of pleasures to offer. But in order for Stan to figure out exactly what Max and Lola are up to, he will have to navigate all the twists and double-crosses of an action-packed story of friendship, suspicion and thievery. New Line Cinema presents After the Sunset, directed by Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, Rush Hour 2, Red Dragon). The cast features Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek and Woody Harrelson, as well as Don Cheadle (Ocean’s 11) and Naomie Harris (28 Days Later). The screenplay is by Paul Zbyszewski and Craig Rosenberg (Jurassic Park 3), from a story by Zbyszewski. The producers are Beau Flynn (Tigerland, Requiem For A Dream), Tripp Vinson and Jay Stern (Rush Hour), with Patrick Palmer (Blade 2, Hellboy) serving as executive producer. The behind-the-scenes team includes two-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer Dante Spinotti, ASC, AIC (The Insider, LA Confidential, Heat) and editor Mark Helfrich, ACE (Rush Hour 2, Family Man), both of whom worked with director Brett Ratner on Red Dragon. Other key crew includes production designer Geoffrey Kirkland (Mississippi Burning, Angela’s Ashes) and costume designer Rita Ryack (A Beautiful Mind, Cat in the Hat). New Line Cinema will release After the Sunset (rated PG-13 by the MPAA for "sexuality, violence and language") nationwide on November 12th, 2004. [More]

Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson, Don Cheadle

Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson, Don Cheadle, Naomie Harris

Director: Brett Ratner

Director: Brett Ratner
Screenwriter: Paul Zbyszewski, Craig Rosenberg
Producer: Beau Flynn, Jay Stern, Tripp Vinson
Composer: Lalo Schifrin
Studio: New Line Cinema

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After The Sunset is a movie more memorable for Salma Hayek in those bikinis than for the story. Brosnan looks alright, too (if you're into that sort of thing).

Full Review Source: WaffleMovies.com | comment Comment
11/11/04
Willie Waffle
Willie Waffle
WaffleMovies.com

A series of silly snafus turn this potential smart-sell into a banal trifle.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
11/10/04
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

Don’t be fooled; this isn’t the heist film you’re looking for.

Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com | comment Comment
11/10/04
Kevin A. Ranson
Kevin A. Ranson
MovieCrypt.com

From the predictable double-crosses to the dopey locker-room humor, there's nothing here that couldn't have found its way into a heist flick in 1989. Or 1979. Or 1969.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
11/10/04
Steve Schneider
Steve Schneider
Orlando Weekly

A tired bore with a lot of French kissing.

Full Review Source: FilmsInReview.com | comment Comment
11/10/04
Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander
FilmsInReview.com

The result is a knowingly preposterous toy thriller -- a sheer escape from consequence.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
11/10/04
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

The only thing worth watching is Salma.

Full Review Source: Outtakes With Fiore | comment Comment
11/10/04
Fiore Mastracci
Fiore Mastracci
Outtakes With Fiore

A heist flick in which the audience is left out of the best part -- the logistics of the heist. Whose dumb idea was that?

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
11/10/04
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

As far as these kinds of films go, this is one of these kinds of films -- only worse. One of the most unoriginal movies ever made. The Thomas Crown Affair for Dummies.

Full Review Source: Juicy Cerebellum | comment Comment
11/10/04
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

[I]f Brosnan is still turning heads, Harrelson is still turning stomachs...

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
11/09/04
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

A film of small moments and big laughs.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
11/09/04
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

For people satisfied by a world of sound bites – it’s made entirely of scenes that might have looked good as storyboards, but are a tiresome mess when put together onscreen.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
11/09/04
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

To pass the time between the product placements, director Brett Ratner tries to squeeze chuckles out of gay-panic set pieces, the quaint antics of colorful natives, and Woody Harrelson's surreal miscasting as the FBI agent.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
11/09/04
Jorge Morales
Jorge Morales
Village Voice

While After the Sunset is never exactly dull and is smartly cut to a brief running time, it never quickens the pulse.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
11/08/04
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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The movie comes off more like a watered-down film version of an Elmore Leonard crime novel set in tropical climes, only without his gritty edge or sagacious take on the human condition.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
11/08/04
Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
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The characters are paper mâche, the story so predictable one wonders how anybody could foist it on an audience.

Full Review Source: tonymedley.com | comment Comment
11/07/04
Tony Medley
Tony Medley
tonymedley.com

After the Sunset is either a comedy that needed more jokes, or a heist movie that needed more tension.

Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | comment Comment
11/07/04
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs

After the Sunset has the audacity to con audiences with a script seen a million times before.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
11/06/04
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

A long slog through a pretty sea of thankless twaddle.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
11/06/04
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com
 
 
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